History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireSimon and Schuster, 18. jan. 2013 - 433 sider Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries. |
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... father to the public interest, as the pledge of an alliance which Leo, emperor of the East, had consented to purchase by an annual subsidy of three hundred pounds of gold. The royal hostage was educated at Constantinople with care and ...
... father to the public interest, as the pledge of an alliance which Leo, emperor of the East, had consented to purchase by an annual subsidy of three hundred pounds of gold. The royal hostage was educated at Constantinople with care and ...
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... father with the spoils of a Sarmatian king whom he had vanquished and slain. Such triumphs, however, were productive ... father's death to the hereditary throne of the Amali. A hero, descended from a race of kings, must have despised the ...
... father with the spoils of a Sarmatian king whom he had vanquished and slain. Such triumphs, however, were productive ... father's death to the hereditary throne of the Amali. A hero, descended from a race of kings, must have despised the ...
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... father. The greatness of a servant, who was named perfidious because he was successful, awakened the jealousy of the ... father's merit, advanced at the head of ten thousand Romans; and the provisions and arms, which filled a long train ...
... father. The greatness of a servant, who was named perfidious because he was successful, awakened the jealousy of the ... father's merit, advanced at the head of ten thousand Romans; and the provisions and arms, which filled a long train ...
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... fathers, without condescending to balance the subtile arguments of theological metaphysics. Satisfied with the private toleration of his Arian sectaries, he justly conceived himself to be the guardian of the public worship, and his ...
... fathers, without condescending to balance the subtile arguments of theological metaphysics. Satisfied with the private toleration of his Arian sectaries, he justly conceived himself to be the guardian of the public worship, and his ...
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... father, the true consul of Rome, after pronouncing an oration in the praise of his royal benefactor, distributed a triumphal largess in the games of the circus. Prosperous in his fame and fortunes, in his public honors and private ...
... father, the true consul of Rome, after pronouncing an oration in the praise of his royal benefactor, distributed a triumphal largess in the games of the circus. Prosperous in his fame and fortunes, in his public honors and private ...
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Troubles In Persia | |
Ecclesiastical Discord | |
Succession And Characters Of The Greek Emperors | |
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